Sara Sneath

New Orleans

Investigative Climate Reporter at Freelance

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Articles

Guardian investigation fuels class action lawsuit against petro giant

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Oliver Laughland |Sara Sneath

Oil giant Marathon Petroleum is fighting an expanded class action lawsuit fueled by an investigation by the Guardian and Forensic Architecture, which examined a massive toxic blaze at the company’s sprawling refinery in south-west Louisiana in 2023.
How a US public university courted the gas industry despite climate concerns

Dec 19, 2024 | theguardian.com | Sara Sneath |Natalie McLendon

One of Louisiana’s top public universities has prompted concerns about “corporate capture” over its expanding relationship with the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, despite environmental warnings about pollution and prolonging fossil fuel use.
Heavy Rain From Francine Floods Parts of New Orleans - The New York Times

Nov 2, 2024 | nytimes.com | Isabelle Taft |Jacey Fortin |J. David Goodman |Isabella Kwai |John Yoon |Yan Zhuang | +11 more

The tropical storm whipped coastal communities in Louisiana with heavy rain and strong winds, toppling trees and snapping power lines. Mississippi and Alabama also braced for severe weather on Thursday.
Utility Industry Dollars Pour Into Public Service Commission Elections

Nov 2, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Sara Sneath

Above photo: The Louisiana Public Service Commission regulates electric, water, wastewater, natural gas, and telecommunication services, and the electric cooperatives in the state. Daniel Lobo, public domain. One candidate has sworn off taking money from regulated companies.
Utility Industry Dollars Continue to Pour Into Louisiana Public Service Commission Elections

Nov 1, 2024 | desmog.com | Sara Sneath

On Tuesday, Louisiana voters in 13 parishes will decide who will fill a vacant seat on Louisiana’s Public Service Commission, a little known but powerful five-member body that regulates electric companies, oversees telecommunications services, and sets utility rates. The person elected to District Two of the Public Service Commission will fill the seat left by Dr. Craig Greene, a moderate Republican who was seen as the commission’s sole swing voter. He is not seeking re-election.
Francine’s Rains Spread Inland After Flooding New Orleans - The New York Times

Sep 12, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jacey Fortin |Isabelle Taft |Isabella Kwai |Eduardo Medina |Judson Jones |Adeel Hassan | +9 more

Heavy rain from the former hurricane, now a tropical depression, inundated communities in southeastern Louisiana overnight. Strong rain bands moved through other Gulf Coast states.
The huge US toxic fire shrouded in secrecy: ‘I taste oil in my mouth’

Sep 8, 2024 | theguardian.com | Will Craft |Sara Sneath |Oliver Laughland

At 8.04am on 25 August last year, Darnell Alboudoor watched a plume of black smoke blanketing the sky and rolling in the direction of her family home. A stench like burning oil filled the air on that piping hot summer morning, as Alboudoor, 54, looked in the direction of the sprawling petroleum refinery, which sat a few hundred feet from her back yard. She called 911. “I’m just wondering what’s going on over there,” she told the operator.
Massive CP2 LNG Export Facility Faces New Legal Hurdle Over FERC Approval

Sep 8, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Sara Sneath

September 8, 2024 Resist! Above photo: Ships being loaded at Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG export terminal in Cameron, Louisiana on June 6, 2024. The CP2 LNG facility is slated for the adjacent land. Julie Dermansky. The agency again failed to account for full environmental justice and climate impacts, opponents argue. Environmental advocates, landowners, and fishers filed two petitions with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday, challenging the Federal Energy...
Massive CP2 LNG Export Facility Faces New Legal Hurdle Over FERC Approval

Sep 5, 2024 | desmog.com | Sara Sneath

Environmental advocates, landowners, and fishers filed two petitions with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday, challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) recent authorization for the construction of a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. FERC approved the Calcasieu Pass (CP2) LNG terminal proposed by Venture Global in a 2-1 vote in late June.
Fossil fuel spokespeople ask Louisiana academic to help promote carbon capture

Aug 8, 2024 | thelensnola.org | Sara Sneath

After working at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for more than 30 years, Ramesh Kolluru says Lafayette may not be where he grew up. But it’s where he grew old. Kolluru, the school’s vice president for research, innovation and economic development, said he admires Cajuns, the French descendants who settled in southern Louisiana two centuries ago after being exiled from Acadia. He appreciates that history, which inspired the university’s athletic teams’ nickname: the Ragin’ Cajuns.